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Tosia is curled in a ball on the seat next to him. She’s been staring at Katniss since she and Peeta got on the train. Riff doesn’t know if she’s trying to eat Katniss’ shrike or if she just doesn’t trust her. Either way, she can’t eat the bird. Riff tears his attention away from his daemon to focus on Katniss. She’s the first person in District Twelve to volunteer since he did. He gets why she did it, but he also knows the chances of her survival are slim. He leans back in his seat a bit and rubs behind Tosia’s ears.

“You got a plan?” He likes to ask all the tributes that. “For once you’re in there?” Most of them don’t. He doesn’t think Katniss will, either. But maybe she’ll surprise him. He doubts it, but maybe it’ll happen.

Riff laughed. “Good luck with that.” Nobody from Twelve had won since Riff had won. And he was still convinced that him winning had been a fluke. Haymitch, too. District Twelve didn’t produce victors. Everyone knew that. It had two victors, sure, but that didn’t mean that it was a district known for producing victors. Riff was almost certain that everyone in the Capitol considered his and Haymitch’s victories accidents. That’s what he thought of them, anyway. “You ain’t gonna win. No one from Twelve wins. Not on purpose.” He leaned back in his seat a little and stared at Katniss for a bit. “Yeah, you ain’t comin’ out of the Arena alive.” He knew she wouldn’t. No one from Twelve ever did.

˖ ⭑₊˚ The black streak of feathers over the birds face made him look like part of the city out past the glass of the train, and Katniss stared at Aza for a long minute, wondering how much more bread she could eat before she was completely unable to move. She wasn't worried about the other daemon on the carriage, not yet, not even with eyes on her. It just made her think of her little sister, who hadn't even had her own daemon settle yet, but sometime sat low across her shoulders ; an orange snake keeping her comforted. The bird flit to peck at her hand, wrapping sharp talons tight around her fingers. Brown eyes turned and stared at Riff for a second before Katniss blinked and shook her head, ' I plan to win – ' it came out more suprised than she meant it to. She stared back at the floor – ' I have to win. '